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Four-part drama based on Michael Morpurgo's child migration novel. Arthur and Marty meet aboard a ship bound for Australia. But they fall under the care of a vicious bully.
Arthur Hobhouse and his friend Marty meet for the first time on a boat bound for Australia. They are part of a consignment of child migrants sent from Britain to find new and better lives in Australia. The boys are sent to work at Cooper's Station, under the care of the cruel and vindictive Piggy Bacon.
Alone On A Wide Wide Sea was written by Michael Morpurgo, adapted for Radio 2 by Ian McMillan and stars Jason Donovan, Olivia Beardsley and Toby Jones.
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13:30
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Four-part drama based on Michael Morpurgo's child migration novel.